Prof. Dr. Claudia Claridge
Phone: | +49 821 598 - 2758 |
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Room: | 4047 (D) |
Address: | Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg |
Office Hours
During term:
- Mondays, 02:00 - 03:00 pm or by arrangement (via Zoom or possibly by phone)
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Curriculum Vitae
since 2015 |
Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Augsburg |
2007 - 2015 |
Full Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen 2011-2015 Dean of Studies, Faculty of Humanities 2011-2012 Member of the assessment team of the Wissenschaftsrat zum Forschungsrating im Bereich Anglistik / Amerikanistik: 2013-2015 Member of Steuerungsgruppe „Systemakkreditierung“ |
2003 - 2007 |
Assistant professor at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel |
1999 - 2003 |
Junior Lecturer (C1) at the University of Greifswald |
1999 |
Ph.D., University of Chemnitz (Thesis: Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English) |
1994 - 1999 |
Research Assistant at Chemnitz University of Technology - DFG-funded project "Compilation of an Early Modern English Pamphlet Corpus" (Lampeter Corpus) |
1992 - 1994 |
In-school teacher training course at various Grammar Schools (Second State Exam) |
1985 - 1992 |
Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg: M.A. in English Linguistics, English & American Literature and Medieval History; Teacher Training degree in English and History (First State Exam) |
Research interests
Pragmatics
- Figurative language
- Pragmatics markers
- Historical Pragmatics
Text and Discourse Studies
- Genre evolution
- News discourse
- Development of history writing
- Rhetorical analysis
- Corpus Linguistics
Academic community activities
Member of the Editorial Board
- ICAME Journal
Peer reviewing
- Monographs / collected volumes: Benjamins, Cambridge University Press, Mouton de Gruyter
- Journals: English Language and Linguistics, Discourse Processees, Journal of English Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of Historical Pragmatics, Journal of Historical Linguistics, Studia Neophilologia, Text & Talk, Token
- Conferences (scientific committees): Conference of Historical English News Discourse IV, Helsinki (2014); International Conference of English Historical Linguistics 18, Leuven (2014); International Conference of English Historical Linguistics 20, Edinburgh (2018); ICAME 40, Neuchâtel
Projects and positions reviewing:
- projects / grant-given institutions: British Academy, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Member of the Beirat for the DFG-funded project „Archivum Medii Aevi Digitale – Mediävistisches Fachrepositorium und Wissenschaftsblog (AMAD)“
- tenure (or similar) processes: University of Helsinki, University of Kansas
Institutional evaluations
- Member of the assessment team of the Wissenschaftsrat zum Forschungsrating im Bereich Anglistik / Amerikanistik (2011/12) (verlinken bitte!!)
- Member of the assessment team for the Wissenschaftliche Kommission Niedersachsen: Evaluation of the Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Osnabrück (2010)
Doctoral matters – (inter)national:
- Faculty Examiner at the University Uppsala
- External Reviewer at the University of Helsinki
- Grant assessment for the University of Vienna
- Member of the jury for the Ph.D. Prize of the Anglistenverband (2015)
Publications
2020 |
Claridge, Claudia, Jonsson, Ewa, & Kytö, Merja (2020). Entirely innocent: a historical sociopragmatic analysis of maximizers in the Old Bailey Corpus. English Language and Linguistics, 24(4), 855-874. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1360674319000388 PDF | BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2018 |
Claridge, Claudia (2018). Now in the historical courtroom: users and functions. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 19(2), 223-242. https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.00020.cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2017 |
Claridge, Claudia (2017). Approaching Historical Phraseology : Patterns and Contexts. Anglistik, 28(1), 13-30. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2017). Chapter 8 : The Poor Man’s Guardian ; the linguistic construction of social groups and their relations. In M. Palander-Collin, M. Ratia, & I. Taavitsainen (Eds.), Diachronic developments in English news discourse (pp. 137-155). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.6.08cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia (2017). Voices in Medieval History Writing. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 16(1), 7-40. PDF | BibTeX | RIS |
2015 |
Brakensiek, Stefan, & Claridge, Claudia (Eds.). (2015). Fiasko - Scheitern in der Frühen Neuzeit : Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte des Misserfolgs. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839427828 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia (2015). News in space and time. In B. Bös, & L. Kornexl (Eds.), Changing genre conventions in historical English news discourse (pp. 55-80). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.5.03cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia, & Wischer, Ilse (2015). Perspectives on the 18th Century: Introduction. In Rainer Emig, & Jana Gohrisch (Eds.), Proceedings : Anglistentag 2014 Hannover (pp. 3-6). Trier: WVT, Wiss. Verl. Trier. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2015). The Darién Scheme : failure and its treatment in the press. In Stefan Brakensiek, & Claudia Claridge (Eds.), Fiasko - Scheitern in der Frühen Neuzeit : Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte des Misserfolgs (pp. 59-84). Bielefeld: Transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839427828-004 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2014 |
Taavitsainen, Irma, Kyto, Merja, Claridge, Claudia, & Smith, Jeremy (Eds.). (2014). Developments in English : Expanding Electronic Evidence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139833882 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia (2014). George Herbert’s The Temple: Positioning the Speaker. In Silvia Mergenthal, & Reingard M. Nischik (Eds.), Proceedings : Anglistentag 2013 Konstanz (pp. 249-260). Trier: WVT, Wiss. Verl. Trier. BibTeX | RIS |
2013 |
Claridge, Claudia (2013). From page to screen: The relevance of encoded visual features in the Lampeter Corpus. In Anneli Meurman-Solin, & Jukka Tyrkkö (Eds.), Principles and Practices for the Digital Editing and Annotation of Diachronic Data Helsinki: Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG), University of Helsinki. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
Claridge, Claudia (2013). The evolution of three pragmatic markers: As it were, so to speak/say and if you like. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 14(2), 161-184. https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.14.2.01cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2012 |
Claridge, Claudia (2012). "Upon These Heads I Shall Discourse": Lexicographical and Corpus Evidence for Senses and Phrases. In Merja Kytö (Ed.), English corpus linguistics : crossing paths (pp. 133-164). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2012). From manuscript to printing: Transformations of genres in the history of English. In Terttu Nevalainen, & Elisabeth Closs Traugott (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of English (pp. 304-313). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199922765.013.0027 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia (2012). Of fox-sized mice and a thousand men: Hyperbole in Old English. In Carla Suhr, & Irma Taavitsainen (Eds.), Developing Corpus Methodology for Historical Pragmatics Helsinki: Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG), University of Helsinki. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
Claridge, Claudia (2012). Registers, Genres and the Standard : Some Thoughts on the Corpuslinguistic Documentation of the 18th Century. In Anne Schröder, U. Busse, & R. Schneider (Eds.), Codification, canons and curricula : description and prescription in language and literature (pp. 79-92). Bielefeld: Aisthesis-Verl.. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2012). Styles, registers, genres, text types. In Alexander Bergs, & Laurel J. Brinton (Eds.), English historical linguistics : an international handbook ; volume 1 (pp. 237-253). Berlin u.a.: de Gruyter Mouton. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2012). The origins of how come and what … for. In I. Hegedűs, & A. Fodor (Eds.), English Historical Linguistics 2010 : Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23-27 August 2010 (pp. 177-196). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.325.08cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2011 |
Claridge, Claudia (2011). Hyperbole in English : a corpus-based study of exaggeration. Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia, Gurr, Jens Martin, & Vanderbeke, Dirk (2011). Language, Literature and Culture in the 17th century : Introduction. In Joachim Frenk, & Lena Steveker (Eds.), Proceedings : Anglistentag 2010 Saarbrücken (pp. 221-226). Trier: WVT, Wiss. Verl. Trier. BibTeX | RIS |
2010 |
Claridge, Claudia (2010). News discourse. In Andreas H. Jucker, & Irma Taavitsainen (Eds.), Historical Pragmatics (pp. 587-620). Berlin u.a.: de Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110214284.7.587 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia, & Kytö, Merja (2010). Non-standard language in earlier English. In R. Hickey (Ed.), Varieties of English in Writing : The written word as linguistic evidence (pp. 15-42). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g41.02cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia, & Arnovick, Leslie (2010). Pragmaticalisation and Discursisation. In Andreas H. Jucker, & Irma Taavitsainen (Eds.), Historical Pragmatics (pp. 165-192). Berlin u.a.: de Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110214284.3.165 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia, & Mindt, Ilka (2010). Spoken English through the centuries : Introduction. In Jörg Helbig, & R. Schallegger (Eds.), Proceedings : Anglistentag 2009 Klagenfurt (pp. 3-8). Trier: WVT, Wiss. Verl. Trier. BibTeX | RIS |
2009 |
Claridge, Claudia (2009). ‘As Silly as an Irish Teague’: Comparisons in News Discourse. In Andreas H. Jucker (Ed.), Early modern English news discourse : newspapers, pamphlets and scientific news discourse ; [Conference on Historical Discourse (CHINED), ... Kartause Ittingen (Switzerland), on August 31 and September 1, 2007] (pp. 91-114). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co.. BibTeX | RIS |
2008 |
Claridge, Claudia (2008). Historical Corpora. In Anke Lüdeling, & Merja Kytö (Eds.), Corpus linguistics : an international handbook ; volume 1 (pp. 242-259). Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter. BibTeX | RIS |
2007 |
Claridge, Claudia (2007). Conditionals in Early Modern English texts. In Ursula Lenker, & Anneli Meurman-Solin (Eds.), Connectives in the History of English (pp. 229-254). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.283.12cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia (2007). Constructing a Corpus from the Web: Message Boards. In Marianne Hundt, Nadja Nesselhauf, & Carolin Biewer (Eds.), Corpus linguistics and the web (pp. 87-108). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2007). The Superlative in Spoken English. In Roberta Facchinetti (Ed.), Corpus linguistics 25 years on (pp. 121-148). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS |
2006 |
Claridge, Claudia (2006). Comparison in Nineteenth-Century Non-Fictional Prose. In Christoph Houswitschka, Gabriele Knappe, & Anja Müller (Eds.), Proceedings : Anglistentag 2005 Bamberg (pp. 501-514). Trier: WVT, Wiss. Verl. Trier. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2006). ‘With the Most Superlative Felicitee’: Functions of the Superlative in 19th-Century English. In Christiane Dalton-Puffer, Dieter Kastovsky, & Nikolaus Ritt (Eds.), Syntax, style and grammatical norms : English from 1500 - 2000 (pp. 73-89). Bern [u.a.]: Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0351-0272-7 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2005 |
Claridge, Claudia (2005). Questions in Early Modern English pamphlets. Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 6(1), 133-168. https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.6.1.07cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2002 |
Claridge, Claudia, & Wilson, Andrew (2002). Style evolution in the English sermon. In Teresa Fanego, Belén Méndez-Naya, & Elena Seoane (Eds.), Sounds, Words, Texts and Change : Selected papers from 11 ICEHL, Santiago de Compostela, 7–11 September 2000 ; Volume 2 (pp. 25-44). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.224.05cla BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
Claridge, Claudia (2002). Translating Phrasal Verbs. In Bernhard Kettemann, & Georg Marko (Eds.), Teaching and Learning by Doing Corpus Analysis : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Teaching and Language Corpora, Graz 19-24 July, 2000 (pp. 361-373). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
2001 |
Claridge, Claudia (2001). Approaching Irony in Corpora. UCREL Technical Papers, 13, 134-143. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia, & Walker, Terry (2001). Causal clauses in written and speech-related genres in Early Modern English. ICAME Journal, 25, 31-64. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
Claridge, Claudia (2001). ICAME Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, 16-20 May 2001. ICAME Journal, 25, 147-150. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
Claridge, Claudia (2001). Sprache und Kommunikation in der Science Fiction. Fremdsprachenunterricht, 1, 57-62. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2001). Structuring Text : Discourse Deixis in Early Modern English Texts. Journal of English Linguistics, 29(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/00754240122005198 BibTeX | RIS | DOI |
2000 |
Burnard, Lou, Claridge, Claudia, Schmied, Josef, & Siemund, Rainer (2000). Encoding the Lampeter Corpus. In Marilyn Deegan, Jean Anderson, & Harold Short (Eds.), DRH98 : selected papers from DRH98, Digital Resources for the Humanities Conference, University of Glasgow, September 1998 (pp. 29-42). London: Office for Humanities Communication. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2000). Multi-word verbs in early modern English : a corpus based study. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2000). Pamphlets and Early Newspapers: Political Interaction vs News Reporting. In Friedrich Ungerer (Ed.), English media texts, past and present : language and textual structure (pp. 25-43). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Benjamins. BibTeX | RIS |
Claridge, Claudia (2000). The 20th ICAME Conference in Freiburg, Germany (26-30 May 1999). ICAME Journal, 24, 147-150. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
1998 |
(1998). The Lampeter Corpus of Early Modern English Tracts. Josef Schmied, Claudia Claridge, & Rainer Siemund (Eds.), Chemnitz: REAL Centre, Chemnitz University of Technology. BibTeX | RIS | URL |
1997 |
Claridge, Claudia (1997). A century in the life of multi-word verbs. In Magnus Ljung (Ed.), Corpus-based studies in English : papers from the Seventeenth International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora (ICAME 17) ; Stockholm, May 15-19, 1996 (pp. 69-85). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS |
Schmied, Josef, & Claridge, Claudia (1997). Classifying text- or genre-variation in the Lampeter Corpus of Early Modern English Texts. In Raymond Hickey, Merja Kytö, Ian Lancashire, & Matti Rissanen (Eds.), Tracing the trail of time : proceedings from the Second Diachronic Corpora Workshop ; New College, University of Toronto, Toronto, May 1995 (pp. 119-135). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi. BibTeX | RIS |
Siemund, Rainer, & Claridge, Claudia (1997). The Lampeter Corpus of Early Modern English Tracts. ICAME Journal, 21, 61-70. BibTeX | RIS | URL |